Selasa, 26 Juni 2012

Legend of Bromo Mount

Joko Seger and Roro
Anteng
20 11 2010
Mount Brahma / Bromo is a volcano located in the province of Java, Mount Bromo
Meter.Di Timur.Tingginya 2392, there is an area called Tengger.Disana performed
a ceremony conducted by the Tengger by throwing offerings into the crater of
Mount Bromo as an offering to Jaya Kusuma, the son of Joko Seger and Roro
Anteng.Nama Kasadha.Upacara this ceremony is performed every year in Asyuro
Java.

Once,
there is one king of Majapahit who left his country with the queen and some of
his followers because they lost against they
son. They go to the slopes of
Mount Bromo and build a modest home as a residence mereka. In one day, his queen gave birth to second his son. Inmidnight, his son succeeded
born with female gender.The king looks
and says "Dinda, our children of women, and its unique a
baby because the baby was not crying like a baby in general, "Really Adinda was birth, why is there no sound
of crying babies?" thought the queen.

"Yes Adinda,
our children was born. Look, he looked calm, not crying. She born with normal.Becauseshe looks calm and
quiet, I would call it Roro Anteng" said the King.

Not far from they
place, there is a modest house occupied by a husband. He is a Brahmana. In the same time, the
Brahmin's wife gave birth to a baby boy
and the baby crying very loud.
Because the baby cried a voice that was very loud,
the baby was named Joko Seger, which means fresh-bodied men "My wife, our
children cry very loud, because
that I will name this baby Joko Seger".

Months change with years, Roro
Anteng grown into a beautiful girl, while Joko Seger grew into a handsome young
man and strong. Because RoroAnteng is beautiful, many youth who
come to marry her. But, none of the
applications received by it because she
has relation with Joko Seger and she promised not to want
to love others because of the loyalty of her
love for Joko Seger.

News about beauty Roro Anteng up to a giant who lived in the forest slopes of
Mount Bromo is named Kyai Bima. Heard
that, he comesto ask her."Hi, Roro Anteng, would you
marry me". Kyai Bima said.

Roro
confused, If she not acceptance, their village will be
destroyed by him.Joko
Seger can not do anything because he did not strong to fight Kyai Bima.Roro Anteng was
thinking out loud.

"If
I’m not accept it, Kyai Bima will be angry
".

"
Roro Anteng, answer myquestions!"said Kyai Bima.

She have idea, she rejected the
proposal Kyai Bima in subtle ways, which is a requirement to submit its
proposed Kyai Bima.

"Hi
Bima, I received your request
and be your wife". Said Roro.

"Ha
Ha Ha .... Well" said Kyai Bima with a booming voice."Oh Bhima, I accept it, but
I submit to you the terms".
Cut Roro."What?"
Said Kyai Bima.

Roro
Anteng then said "I want you to make me a lake on Mount Bromo, but only in
a single night!".

"But,
Bima, you should be able to finish it up when the rooster crows!" Said
Roro.

With use shellof coconut, Kyai Bima confidence
and summoned all his strength to dredge land
and the hole filled with water so that it will be becomes lake. Justsome works Kyai Bima make a big hole.Kyai Bima Bima dredge
soil without knowing tired.Roro Anteng became
anxious to see Kyai Bima
already making a big hole."Oh,
how this giant really magic? It's going in the morning the lake was already
finished. How can I lost him?
" said Roro Anteng.

After long thought, finally she found
idea. She wake up the villagers, starsfrom neighbors and she’s family. Then, Roro Anteng told the
women to pound rice in a mortar, while the Men's he told me to burn the straw
on the east side to make it look dawn has risen.

"
Oh my brothers, I ask you
to create a morning
atmosphere, And
women, I tell you to pound rise. And you men, I command you
to collect straw and burned eastward to look like the sun rises ".Said Roro

"
Well Roro Anteng, we will do it ".

Then, the men and women working
on the task given by Roro Anteng.
Reddish light soon appeared from the east, followed by the sound of mortar and a rooster crows.Kyai Bhima angry cause he can’t finished his work and
can not marry Roro Anteng "Damn! Morning is comes and I can’t marry Roro Anteng
"exclaimed Kyai Bima.

Kyai
Bima and left the place he held itu.
Shell of coconutwas later turned into a mountain
called Mount Batok. Street
who traversed Kyai Bima
turned into a river that now can be seen in the forests of Mount Batok. Lake sand that has not
been created by Kyai Bima
turned into craters that still can be seen in the area of ​​Mount Bromo

Joko Seger and Roro Anteng be happy and
not long after, they both get married and stay on the
slopes of Mountain New village that is Bromo village. Then, they open and give named the Tengger.Name
is a combination of both of their names, Roro An (teng) and Joko Se (ger). They
were a happy life.

After many years of marriage, they have not been blessed with child. Because it, there unrest in
the hearts of them both.

"Dinda,
already many years we became husband and wife, but why we are not blessed with
children? And we've tried different types of drugs" says Joko Seger.

"Kanda,
maybe later we will be blessed with a children. Don not give up, we have
gods" said Roro Anteng..

Joko
Seger swore "I swear, if we are blessed with 25 children, one of the main
of the child we will dedicate my offering sacrifices in the crater of Mount
Bromo ".

After Jaka Seger say like that,
suddenly appeared the fire from the ground in the crater of Mount Bromo.It sign that their
prayers were heard by God. They are pleased and grateful

"
Thank You god, thank you because you have hearkened.We
will keep our promise ".

Finally, they have 25 children and last named is Jaya Kusuma. Because over
happy, they forgotten with the promise. One night, when Joko
Segersleep, God admonished him to
keep his promise to dedicate her child to be one of the main offerings at Mount
Bromo in a dream "Hi
Joko Seger stick to your promise to dedicate your child to become one of the
main offerings at Mount Bromo". Joko Seger were startled and wake up.
"Oh, how about
this? I loved them" Joko Segercontinued
restless sleep

In the morning, Joko Seger wake up from his sleep and also
began to get nervous because he has not kept his promise. Everyday his stress because he can’t keep his promise and
hope there is one of the main of them are willing to sacrifice ".

With his wife, they collect the children
in a meeting.They explain his promise
that he'd

He said "My children, my father
actually had an appointment that involves you '.

"
About what father?
"asked her children

"
Before you were born, my father and your
mother had not been blessed with children.

Although we has been a lot of praying and working.Because it
father and mother are also not blessed with children, the father utter a
promise that if there are 25 children's father, one of them there should be
dedicated to offering the crater of Mount Bromo, "said Joko Seger

"
So, whether involving our father, "asked her children

"
Do you have one of the main of which will be offering in the crater of Mount
Bromo,"asked
the father.

"My father, whether the child's
father bear the expense of his own father, why the father promise like that? Is
not love with our father," asked one of the main child.
"It's not that my son, I just want to have children, so that your father
was promised by endowed children.Father
was very dear to you all, so my father could not bring myself to offer you all
be of one of the main offerings in the crater of Mount Bromo," said the
father to his children.

"Please
father, I'm not going to be offering at
Mount Bromo.Kami not want to die young father" said the Eldest.

"Yes,
we do not want to die was burned by the heat of the crater of Mount Bromo,"
said her son and daughter,

except
for the Jaya Kusuma.

"Father,
Mother, I'm dedicated to offering the crater of Mount Bromo's father, for the
sake of peace my father.

"Jaya
Kusuma my son, why are you willing to dedicate to our offerings in the crater
of Mount Bromo? While his older brother did not dare do that" said Joko
Seger.

"Ananda
will do anything, for my family and
this village!”
“Now, allow me to go into the crater of Mount Bromo,
"said Jaya Kusuma.

To commemorate that event, the Tengger people that had spoken to command when
Jaya Kusuma will throw themselves into the cauldron, which sends the results on
the field to 14 months with menceburkannya Kasadha into the crater where Kusuma
immersed diri.Hal continue to do until now and become a traditions that made
this community then called Tradition Tengger.Tradisi Kasadha